Sound Prints – May 29, 2016
Quirky things that annoy people who are blind; Larry Skutchan presents details of the Orbit Reader 20 low-cost notetaker
Building Better Tomorrows Today for Kentuckians with Vision Loss
Sound Prints podcast by KCB
Quirky things that annoy people who are blind; Larry Skutchan presents details of the Orbit Reader 20 low-cost notetaker
The new Orbit Reader 20 braille display; meet the 2016 ACB Leadership Fellows with Kim Charlson, ACB President; accessible currency and web accessibility with ERic Bridges, ACB Executive Director; Dr. Stephen L. Pruit, Kentucky Commissioner of Education, on his outlook for the Kentucky School for the Blind
Pre-register now for workshops and seminars at the 2016 ACB Conference and Convention – feature with Janet Dickelman; blind actor and model tells what it takes to succeed in theater and stage work – feature with Darren HarbourACB Convention highlights – workshops and seminars
Deanna Scoggins, President, Kentucky School for the Blind Alumni Association, on the 2016 conference and reunion; demo of Blindfold Barnyard, an accessible game app for the iPhone; Kentucky Derby montage from our local chapter party
New ACB Angel page for Jim Shaw and memories of Jim; the food processor – a great countertop appliance for people with vision loss; quarterly meeting and elections at the Greater Louisville Council of the Blind
Industrial tour of Louisville with Mike Hudson, director of the American Printing House for the Blind Museum; the low-cost braille display with Larry Skutchan from the Printing House; independent living services with Gay Pannell, Kentucky Office for the Blind
Netflix and ACB expand audio description; new tactile books for blind children from Seedlings; driverless cars in our future
Support the Kentucky E-Racers in the ACB 2016 walk; participate in a national call-in day to support better education for blind and deaf children; explore the hobby of soapmaking; find out about great tours at the 2016 ACB convention
new accessible technology announced at CSUN – report from Jeff Bishop, member, ACB Board of Directors; Support Alliance of the Visually Impaired (SAVI), KCB’s Owensboro chapter; proposed changes in video description on TV and more
The land of “over there”; the new Braille Touch from Humanware; KCB chapter spotlight on Guide Dog Users of Kentucky